Made the Grade – September 2017

PICTURE BOOKS
River, A
In this picture book, for grades K-3, a child watches a long, meandering ri…
Jack and the Geniuses at the Bottom of the World
Three emancipated foster siblings, Ava and Matt, the geniuses, and Jack, wh…
My Beautiful Birds
Young Sami and his family flee their war-torn home, leaving his beloved pig…
Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors, The
This humourous and creative picture book brings to life one possibility of …
Miniature World of Marvin & James, The
Marvin the beetle’s best friend James—a boy—goes on vacation and Marvin not…
Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! The
When the noisy town of La Paz elects a new mayor that bans singing because …
Town is by the Sea
Set in a Cape Breton mining town in the 1950s, this picture book tells of o…
What to Do With a Box
This picture book, written in rhyme, demonstrates the possible creations th…
Canoe Kids: The Haida of Haida Gwaii
This Canadian magazine-style resource has a number of illustrated short art…
Art of Being Métis, The
This Canadian video follows the building a birch bark canoe from selecting …
Boreal Herbal, The: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North
This engaging, illustrated, and easy to use resource discusses the wild foo…
Drum Story, The
The Drum Story is a traditional Ojibwe/Anishinaabe tale of a young girl who…
419
This suspenseful Canadian novel centres on the mysterious death of Laura Cu…
All American Boys
Quinn, a white student, witnesses a white police officer savagely beat unar…
Blackbird Fly
Apple, a 12 year old Filipina girl who moved to the U.S. with her mother af…
Book Scavenger
When twelve year old Emily and her family settle in San Francisco, home to …
Brain on Fire
This memoir recounts the events of a month when the author’s life was turne…
Bridge to Terabithia
This award-winning novel for grade 4-7 students follows the friendship betw…
Don’t Get Caught
This novel, for grades 9-12, is an engaging and suspenseful story about fiv…
Dumplin’
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean lives in a small town with her former b…
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
This WWII novel focuses on Mary, who volunteers for the war effort, is insu…
Everything Everything
Seventeen-year-old Maddie suffers from an immunodeficiency disease which tr…
Guinea Dog
Fifth-grader Rufus desperately wants a dog but his father is clear that the…
Hello, Universe
Virgil, a shy middle-school student, is on his way to visit his friend Kaor…
Horizon
This fast-paced adventure for grades 4-8 is about 8 young survivors of a pl…
Look out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts
In this engaging novel, four siblings live on their own in a car on a tropi…
Nuts to You
When a squirrel sees a friend escape a hawk’s grasp and land in unfamiliar …
Out of the Easy
Set in New Orleans in the 1950s, this novel tells the story of Jo, the daug…
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
During WWII, Tomi’s father, a Japanese-American, is falsely accused of spyi…
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Sixteen year old Simon has recently come to terms with being gay, but hasn’…
5th Wave, The
This award-winning novel, for grades 9-12, takes place after aliens have al…
Beginning of Everything, The
When Ezra, high school athlete and class president, is hit by a hit-and-run…
Bone Sparrow, The: Hope Can Set You Free
The harsh life of the inhabitants in an immigration detention centre in Aus…
Dinner, The
Two brothers and their wives meet for dinner to discuss their teenage sons’…
Girl From Everywhere, The
This adventure novel for grades 8-12 blends fantasy, history, and a modern …
Girl Who Drank the Moon, The
In this modern fairy tale, mystery, magic, and self-discovery are woven thr…
Goldfish Boy, The
Matthew, a 12 year-old boy with OCD, spends his days in one room of his hou…
Rest of Us Just Live Here, The
This novel, for grades 9-12, focuses on a group of “normal” teenagers, not …
Serpent King, The
This coming of age novel for grade 11-12 students follows three misfit best…
Underground Railroad, The
Cora, a slave in Georgia, is desperate for a life outside of servitude, and…
Wild Robot, The
Roz—a robot—is stranded on a remote island and soon realizes that her only …
Waylon! One Awesome Thing
Science-loving Waylon dreams of how his world could be made better through …
We are All Made of Molecules
Beautiful and popular Ashley’s life is turned upside down when her father r…
Will I See?
Teenager May, while walking in the city, finds keepsakes related to the spi…
Yours Truly
Zoe is an average teenager until her life suddenly changes when she falls f…
Zafir
Zafir moves with his family from Dubai to war-torn Syria, and struggles to …